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I took a week-long intensive class in art therapy. Here are parts of a project we did: Create a self-box that says something about who you and where you are in your life. I chose to make a Beauty Box, to remind me that I'm beautiful on the inside, which is more important than external beauty. Inside I wrote some notes about my strengths.
Instead of buying extra Sony NP-BX1 batteries at $70 each, this $45 Anker 20100mAh Portable Charger PowerCore 20100 will power my SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC-RX100M2 for hours without interruption from changing batteries during videoing of a concert performance. Just slip the PowerCore in your shirt pocket and plug the mini USB plug into the camera. The camera does not need to have a battery present in it's compartment for the PowerCore to work.
Markham, Canada ~ December 25, 2017.
Vascoceras sp. - ammonite fossil (internal mold) in fossiliferous limestone from the Cretaceous of Nigeria, Africa. (~5.6 centimeters across)
Ammonites are common & conspicuous fossils in Mesozoic marine sedimentary rocks. Ammonites are an extinct group of cephalopods - they’re basically squids in coiled shells. The living chambered nautilus also has a squid-in-a-coiled-shell body plan, but ammonites are a different group.
Ammonites get their name from the coiled shell shape being reminiscent of a ram’s horn. The ancient Egyptian god Amun (“Ammon” in Greek) was often depicted with a ram’s head & horns. Pliny’s Natural History, book 37, written in the 70s A.D., refers to these fossils as “Hammonis cornu” (the horn of Ammon), and mentions that people living in northeastern Africa perceived them as sacred. Pliny also indicates that ammonites were often pyritized.
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Ammonite info. from the Wyoming Geological Museum in Laramie, Wyoming:
Ammonites
Ammonites are extinct molluscs of the Class Cephalopoda, a group represented today by the octopus, squid, and shell-bearing Nautilus. Ammonites appeared midway through the Paleozoic Era (400 million years ago). They diversified many times over their 300 million year history, and persited through three mass-extinction events. During the Mesozoic Era (from 250 to 65 million years ago), ammonites reached their greatest diversity, achieving many different shell forms and ways of life. At the end of the Mesozoic Era, ammonites became extinct, together with the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine reptiles.
Ammonite Anatomy
Ammonites, like the modern Nautilus, possessed an external shell divided into a series of chambers by thin walls called septa. These chambers were connected by a flesh-bearing tube known as the siphuncle. By analogy with the living Nautilus, it served to regulate fluid and gas levels in each chamber, enabling ammonites to control their buoyancy. Although ammonites are common fossils, little is known about their soft parts. However, it is thought that their soft anatomy was similar to that of modern squid and octopi. They probably possessed eight to ten arms surrounding a beak-like mouth. Locomotion probably involved bringing water into a cavity, formed by the fleshy mantle, then expelling it by muscular contraction through a funnel-like opening called the hyponome, therby implementing a form of jet-propulsion.
Ammonite Ecology
Ammonites were common constituents of Cretaceous marine ecosystems and were represented in many habitats in the shallow seas that covered North America during the Mesozoic Era. Ammonites lived in both nearhsore and offshore settings in both benthic (seafloor) and pelagic (open ocean) habitats. Some species could probably even migrate between both types of habitats.
Feeding Habits
Most ammonites, like their modern cephalopod relatives, were probably carnivores, although some may have been passive planktivores. The carnivorous ammonites possesssed powerful jaws adapted for crushing prey, which included crustaceans, fish, clams, snails, and even other ammonites.
Reproduction and Growth
Ammonites, like their modern relatives the octopi and squids, hatched as tiny larvae in huge numbers and probably grew to maturity within a short span of time. Most adults were small, while those of some species were huge, reaching sizes greater than 6 feet (2 meters) in diameter. Aberrant ammonites that changed their shape during growth are thought to have changed their habitat as well.
Ammonite Sexes
Like modern cephalopods, ammonites showed distinct differences between sexes. Shells of female ammonites, known as macroconchs, are larger and possess little or no ornamentation. Males, known as microconchs, are smaller than females and commonly possess distinct ornamentation.
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Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea, Ammonitida, Vascoceratidae
Stratigraphy: unrecorded Upper Cretaceous unit (possibly the Pindiga Formation)
Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed site in the Gombe region, northeastern Nigeria, western Africa
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Some relevant School news clippings,
Feb 24, 2022 - Wolfville, N.S. Acadia University. The Acadia University Professors strike enters its 4th week ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/51901774104
Sept 30th 2022 - A.I. strikes the good ole hockey game ? Acadia Axeman hockey at Andrew H. McCain Arena goes paperless ? The Official paper program is no longer handed out to the paying customer ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/52395343477
January 22, 2024 - Canada sets two-year cap on foreign students. The cap will result in a decrease of 35% in approved study permits.
www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68059996
Dec 14,2021 - Don't all of the paid up members matter ? Discrimination is shown against the outside non-school community Acadia Athletics members during Covi. A posted official notice at Acadia reads : "The Acadia Athletics complex will be closed to community drop-ins, community memberships, and external rentals until further notice , However,, Acadia staff, faculty and students, with proof of double vaccination, will continue to access the fitness center, pool and the arena for skating. "
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/51748079885
International student fallout hits the bottom line.. Atlantic universities depend on international students for about 30 per cent of their enrollment.
universityaffairs.ca/news/international-student-fallout-h...
May 11th 2023 - A new policy based on race has been announced at Acadia where almost half of seats for a new Course will be set aside and reserved only for members of certain racial or ethnic groups as specified by the University ? The PC Government announced that a new nursing program is to be offered at Acadia University where approximately 50 percent of the seats are to be reserved only for African, Mi'kmaq and Indigenous students. The total number of annual seats set to increase to 63 ? When bearing in mind the current health care worker crisis and urgent need for nursing grads, is it really wise or responsible to install race or ethnic restrictions that could eliminate many of those wanting to apply ? www2.acadiau.ca/about-acadia/newsroom/news-reader-page/ac...
Dec 27, 2021 - Nova Scotia is playing the race card ? The Liberal Provincial Government could be on a slippery slope by choosing to use race to determine which applicants will and wull noe receive preferental treatment during a short supply emergency situation in an international health crisis pandemic ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/51782360402/in/album-7...
The Supreme Court says colleges and universities can no longer take race into consideration as a specific basis for granting admission,
www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/affirmative-action-suprem...
Free University for some ? B.C. university waives tuition for local First Nation students,
bc.ctvnews.ca/that-s-reconciliation-b-c-university-waives...
Aug 2023 - A new physician assistant program at Dalhousie U open to 24 students per year with preference given to applicants from Nova Scotia, atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-s-invests-5-6-million-for-first-phy...
Oct 10, 2025 - R-Studio plays the race card ?
R-Studio, a local Halifax gym, executes an exclusive low price membership charge that is determined by what race you are ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsHpxm3yb7c&t=20s
June 11, 2025 - Maritime students struggling to find scarce summer jobs in Canada,
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/mission-impossible-mariti...
Tim Horton's appears to be using racial profiling in its hiring policies ? Why aren't the Liberals upset over this inequality and non inclusion ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54605482350/in/album-7...
Canada's Gen Z can't find jobs,, www.cbc.ca/news/business/youth-unemployment-rate-1.7549979
The Koncerned Kentvillian must ask, " why is it every time you gas up at Milne Court Petro-Can, New Minas Ultramar, KVille Ultramar and now the Big Stop, or go to the KFC for chicken, or Mary Browns, or the Burger King, or Subway, or all of the 3 Timmies for coffee, or Walmart, oe Needs, or receive a parcel from amazon, or attend the cash register post to pay a bill at many other stores, it feels like you're suddenly in a foreign country ? " What has happened to all of the friendly happy locals that used to hold these positions and were one of the main reasons that we all frequent these establishments ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54418705157/
Kody Bloise . Liberal Party
Is there an identity crisis looming in Kentville ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/52094330358/in/album-7...
Canada's post-secondary industry predicts storm ahead, as budget cuts shrink courses, staff,
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/post-secondary-cuts-1.7387175
July 1, 2021 - the Prime Minister of Canada will not be celebrating Canada Day this year claiming that for some Canada Day isn't a day to celebrate." Wha-a-a-a-t -t-t ??? www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-day-political-reaction-1....
U of T law program Toronto, Jun 27, 2023 - " She Sung it her Way "
Jully Black makes up her own personalized and politicized, 'our home on native land' version of the Canadian National anthem in her performance at Toronto university graduation. Black was asked to perform her way of singing Canada's national anthem to reflect the core values of the U of T law program ? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jully-black-tmu-law-school...
Dec 16th 2023 - O Canada is sung in Punjabi at the NHL Jets hockey game in Winnipeg Manitoba,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKifMtbbyJg
Apr 15, 2024 - Opioid-related deaths have now doubled in Canada ?
atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video/c2904079-opioid-related-deaths-...
Apr 29 2024 - Liberals legalize hard drugs ? Ottawa has allowed B.C. to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs like heroin and fentanyl starting in 2023, www.cbc.ca/news/politics/decriminalization-british-columb...
July 7th 2024 - Come from Away ? An epidemic of violent crime homelessness and opioid deaths are now hitting big cities in the down home and laid back Maritimes starting in Moncton and Halifax ?
atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video/c2954811-new-brunswick-saw-72-o...
March 18, 2025 - Professors, students say Nova Scotia university bill threatens academic freedoms,
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/professors-st...
March 4th, 2025 - Trump issues a ban on 'illegal' college protests as he threatens students with arrest and deportation,
www.lbc.co.uk/usa/politics/trump-issues-ban-on-illegal-co...
April 9, 2025 - Trump administration freezes $1 billion in funding for Cornell University, $790 million for Northwestern University ,,
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/us/cornell-northwestern-federal-fu...
Jan 20,2026 - Trump hates wind turbines ? ‘so pathetic and so bad .. You might notice that China makes and sells them but they will never use them .'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkHCSbSwkw
5th Mar 5th, 2025 - U.S. funding freeze affecting both American and international exchange students and major US scholarship funders
monitor.icef.com/2025/03/us-funding-freeze-affecting-both...
Trump protecting historic statues - enacts 10 years in jail penalty for harming or defacing historical statues,, www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-signs-executive-order-enactin...
February 10, 2025 - Acadia University announces permanent pool closure, discontinues varsity swim team - will close its swimming pool on June 15, 2025,
Students chose Acadia because of the swim team and many parents got calls “from their kids – in tears – devastated.”
Acadia Aquatics,
recreation.acadiau.ca/aquatics.html
How not to park at Hennigers farm Market Greenwich,
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54788130883
April 13, 2025 - Eight programs suspended at P.E.I. college over drop in international students,
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/prince-edward-island/article/pei-...
Sept 13th, 2025 - Acadia Axemen and Dal Tigers hockey teams cross the Dal strikers picket line to play an Exhibition game at Dalhousie University ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54784598896/in/photost...
Town of Wolfville breaking the law, obstructing traffic, while creating a safety hazard ? And making trip to and from hockey games has become a real challenge ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54710009955/in/photost...
Sep 29, 2025 - Wolfville now studying ways to solve their traffic congestion problem along Main Street ?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/wolfville-nova-scotia-...
Gambling in amateur Sport ? CBC has introduced gambling into the Olympic games coverage ? In a groundbreaking move and for the first time ever, CBC will include gambling in its live coverage of the 2024 Olympic games ?
Paris Olympics - It appears that CBC has partnered with one particular online Casino company and BetRivers is running sports betting ads during the televising of Olympic sporting events ? Is the inclusion of a Casino and a Sports betting parlor that runs sports betting during Olympic events appropriate to the principles and high moral standard exemplified by Olympic Games ?
Aug 22 2024, - the Minister of hypocrisy, oops, I mean the Libral Minister of Health Mark Holland and his Government pass legislation that will enable access to massive gambling in Canada ? And now NHL heros past and present like Wayne Gretzky, Austin Matthews and Connor McDavid can be found in TV gambling commercials, online gambling ads, and pasted onto huge billboards that promote sports gambling ? But Holland seems more worried about Zonnic, a smoking cessation product that helps to quit smoking and is sold only to those over 19 and always kept hidden away from view under the counter in stores ? Its a bit rich when Holland attacks and bans the current sale of this quit smoking product Zonnic proclaiming when that, "All the stuff that's clearly designed to target youth — It's over !"
Fans confused ? After NHL Superstar heroes play starring roles in glamorous new bet MGM ads to promote gambling there were numerous complaints filed. And so they eased away from this image of a Sports hero who encourages and participates in gambling although McDavid's image itself was never seperated from the gambling vice or the lucrative gambling industry ? A new corrected version now shows Connor as an ambassador for safe and responsible gambling when you gamble ? But isn't it still gambling ? see news article, "Connor McDavid's latest gambling ad with Bet MGM sparks outrage among his fans,"
www.sportskeeda.com/us/nhl/news-disgusted-started-gamblin...
Betano - A message to the kids from a mentor- "are you a good player, or a great player". Betano gambling ads associate words like 'good and great' with gambling ?
What if they advertise a safe way to smoke cigarettes in order to obtain clients ? Sound ridiculous ? But is this not the same idea as advertising gambling as 'safe' gambling ? Do these safe gambling ads serve to welcome, endorse and normalize gambling which can be a dangerous and life altering highly addictive habit ?
May 25,2022-Big gambling companies run ads emphasizing 'limited play' and 'safe' gambling ? Is this not the same as the alcohol industry running drinking ads that encourage drinking alcohol by telling you how many beers that you can safely drink per day, or, how about the tobacco industry running ads promoting safe smoking thru a suggested amount of safely smoked cigs per day, or the marijuana industry recommending the number of joints to safely get high on each day ? Or, what if they spin : You're 'good' if you drink but You're 'great' if you safe drink, or, you're 'good' if you smoke cigarettes but You're 'great' if you safe smoke only so many cigarettes per day, or , you're 'good' if you smoke pot but you're 'great' if you only smoke this many grams per day ? ref, "All those sports betting ads you're seeing,, It's illegal says the Alberta gaming commission ?" www.cbc.ca/player/play/2302654019728
Student took out a $24K student loan and lost it all to the bookies in 24 hours ? What are the legal implications of spending a student loan on something else besides education such as gambling ? That’s not just free money to spend on whatever you want ? www.reddit.com/r/problemgambling/comments/10h3k46/i_just_...
Jul 22, 2026 - In their ongoing quest for notoriety, the powers-that-be have ordered cigarette packages to be re engineered and re-designed not to make room for the addition of more product but instead to increase the showcase area size of the package cover ? The added space will be needed to accommodate a fresh new series of 13 upgraded ultra sickening pictures and warnings that are to be added to the existing 73 others that are now over-crowding current package covers ? Messages will also be added to the extended upper flap inside cigarette packages says Karine LeBlanc.
Do these people really think that by continually satisfying their own egos and by exercising their own personal vendetta against one of the thousands of possible causes of cancer that they are actually helping find a cure for cancer ?
www.cbc.f ca/news/health/canada-graphic-image-warnings-ciga...
Feb 4th 2025, Bell Let's Talk ? Abandoning 3500 Unionized Maritimes telephone workers, refusing to talk to them and leaving them out on the Street for 5 Months does not contribute to good mental health ? U Ottawa Scotty suggests that the internet, mobile phones and the Social media are taking a heavy toll on the mental health and overall mental well being of today's society ? And so maybe there's some hypocrisy shown by the giant media mogul Bell Canada who might just be the biggest contributor and profit taker from this national crisis ? www.youtube.com/shorts/31f3sZndK6w
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/51844732131/in/album-7...
This year Canadian Taxpayers will pay $1.5 billion dollars to subsidize the CBC ?
site-cbc.radio-canada.ca/documents/impact-and-accountabil...
June 28,2021, O Canada at the Stanley Cup Finals ? CBC plays an upsetting and unflattering version of the Canadian National Anthem ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/51829474529/in/album-7...
January 11-22, 2023 - CBC doesn't seem eager to push, promote or publicize male gender hockey like the AHL, WHL, ECHL, U Sports University level or Men's Junior hockey ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/52640201721/in/datepos...
Halifax, Canada Jan 2023 - This time around the IIHF men's World Juniors hockey tournament will be held in Canada. No games were shown on CBC, and many Canadians were unable to watch Canada's finest male gender Junior hockey players incl Connor Badard play in their home Country and win the Gold for Canada ?
However, although CBC ignored and failed to televise all of the IIHF Men's junior hockey games played on public T.V. they did make sure to televise daily news reports and grant loads of air time on an alleged past scandal that had involved a previous men's IIHF Junior hockey team ? cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/official-broadcaster-...
Justin says Goodbye Don't cry for me O my Canada.
Jan 06, 2025 - Trudeau resigns as prime minister, Prorogues Parliament until March 24 2025,
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54385355629/
Caste system Canada ? The NDP caste system Leadership Convention - Is this really 2023 Canada ? It seems that the NDP Party has adopted a caste system ( like the system they use over in India ) ? Delegates here must wear caste identifiable yellow or white tags ? Master, Mistress, person or whatever of Ceremonies instructs those who declare themselves as white and male gender to get to the back of the line ? Other identities, or those with yellow tags can go to the front of the line and speak first ?
The race card ? Apr 3, 2026 - NDP Leadership Convention uses 'racial equity cards' to identify and categorize people by their race and color ? black and red before white after yellow or green etc, etc ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMtHsUTBrt8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDV7ImXwTPI
2026 NDP Leadership Convention - Was Hitler's hairdresser here ? Some pretty weird stuff going on,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqhIBsaHzCg
Lost in Space________Episode # 1_______Death to Deniers !
Danger - Will Robinson, Danger !
These fine ladies want prison sentences handed down to individuals who dare to be themselves and to think differently while calling anyone with a different opinion from theirs to be a denier or hater ?
No one denies the existence of residential schools. And so why are Leah Gazan (NDP), Lindsay Mathyssen (NDP), Nahanni Fontaine (NDP) and Kimberley Murray (Liberal Government investigator) so dissatisfied and why are they trying to force their own radical and ego-driven personal viewpoints based on hearsay and as yet unproven allegations on everyone else ? Why do they want you to think the way they think, believe what they believe, and be forced ( by law ) to accept their unique, extreme left wing, selfish and self-serving narrative, (that they get paid for) as being Gods' truth, and,, if you were to dare resist then you are to be labelled hater or denier and become a criminal that could be sent to jail for up to life in prison under the law enshrined in Bill C-63 or C-9 that they are all pushing for ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZU7NEzs3Gk
Sep 27, 2024 - Leah Gazan wants you to think like her and be like her ?
The NDP narcissistic MP Leah Gazan has introduced her bill in Parliament where she wants to charge those who ‘deny’ her own (as yet unproven) personal narratives of genocide and a discovery of 215 children' bodies found in a well hidden mass grave in Kamloops ? Her Bill C-413 will allow for the serious offence of spreading hate to be charged against anyone who commits the act of what she calls the promotion of hatred against the Indigenous peoples whenever challenging, questioning, denying or downplaying her own personal beliefs on this subject ?
www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-democrat-mp-introduces-bill...
What Is Truth ?
"If you are strictly one-sided with any opinion, you’re incredibly ignorant".
UBC Jan 22, 2026 - An entire generation of students that has grown up while attending the Canadian public school system during the Trudeau Liberal era ( 2015 thru 2025 ) have reached post secondary age and are arriving at University in a heavily indoctrinated state of mind with extremely one-sided only, uni-opinion attitudes expressed in a coercive and even threatening way ? Violent gangs of young masked and gagged orange shirted student protestors, tribalism, mind control, far left radical activism and propaganda posters hanging in an Authoritarian environment where free will, open debate or speaking the truth has become a crime was seen recently at the U of B.C. ? This might sound Orwellian, but actually it's the University of B.C. in Vancouver a Canadian institute of higher learning that gets over a billion dollars per year of public funding ? Frances Widdowson, "Without truth and without freedom, our Universities will die." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihsLPodE9R0
Ace CBC reporter Jordan Tucker ? In her interview assignment for CBC with Professor Widdowson, Jordan Tucker says that around 6000 child bodies have been found so far at first nation reservation schools, and that to her, the truth is not really a top priority ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ik61NGwXas&t=58s
Residential schools. After three years of searching for bodies and a massive cost to taxpayers of $216.5 million, not a single set of human remains have been found ?
thecatholicherald.com/article/failure-to-find-bodies-ends...
U of Vic claims 215 but Frances and Dallas say Zero ?
What Is Truth ?
Dec 3rd 2025, Frances and Dallas visit the U of Vic in Victoria B.C. and discover a mass indoctrination of impressionable young minds ? Open free thinking and freedom of speech were discouraged here ? Asking questions that ruffle some feathers or challenge the status quo are not wanted on this campus ? Challenging what is taught here can get you abused or even carted off to jail ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=u53G5WBpVmc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSRn8BzpvLc
May 28th, 2026 - If we believe massive untruths that are told then our democracy will collapse,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2pd8-F2p0A&t=17s
Feb 24th, 2026 - Lethbridge, "You're not welcome here !" Welcome to the University of Lethbridge where manners are ignored, physical manhandling is allowed, etiquette is absent, and where students use threats of bodily harm, chant ancient tribal war cries and bang out continuous monotone loud drumming noise to injure ear drums and drown out the opposition during debate ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Moi7VM7xI
Apr 26th, 2026 - A whited sepulchre University set in the windy city of Lethbridge - Following yet another arrest and another trip in the paddy wagon, Frances Widdowson pleads with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to help re-enforce the basic rule of truth that is based on free and independent thinking in our public schools once again ? "Without truth and without freedom, our Universities will die."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfPix14aMIc
UBC Jan 22,2026 - Counter viewpoint reporters attacked and have to run for their lives ?
UBC zombie apocalypse, Jan 22,2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfIpTnyH_Zg
2021, Major Canadian Party leader Jagmeet Singh attacks his own Country referring to it as genocidal ? Jag says that 215 bodies have been found in hidden unmarked mass graves in Kamloops and this clearly shows that Canada is a genocidal nation ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQb3GZx_ZR0
2021 - Dr. Timothy Rahilly, the President of Mt. Royal College in Calgary - When learning of a story that unmarked graves may have been found at a Kamloops B.C. residential school the President has immediately turned on his University PA system to make the official announcment to the entire studeny body that 215 children have just been found buried in a mass unmarked grave at the Kamloops B.C. residential school and that a shaken, shameful and perhaps genicidal nation is in mourning ? One of the senior teachers at his University has asked for evidence to support such a monumental newly discovered allegation and he has fired her ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGhB3uNHwA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGhB3uNHwA
Mar 23,2026 - Mt. Royal College, " my spider sense is tingling "
Is Mt. Royal College in Calgary making the kids Crazy ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQNM063-lY
"What are they doing to our kids" ? Many Parents contribute for years into Registered Education Savings Plans that are to be turned over to Universities on behalf of their Children,
www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/education/education-sa...
Apr 29, 2026 - Vancouver School Board to introduce the Orwellian concept of 'unlearning' into their school system ? They are also re-naming schools from their historical English names to instead Indigenous names that cannot be pronounced and use letters not found on a standard keyboard ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrC4GB4wURI
Vancouver March 12, 2026 - Have Liberal backroom land transfer deals with first nations already transpired as the Eby provincial NDP government pretended to look the other way ? The Indians may now own property rights in and around Vancouver ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT2DqPzulos
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/musqueam-rights-r...
March 12, 2026 - treachury or treason ? B.C.'s Eby Government may have been giving Canada away while insulting veterans who fought to secure and retain the Country ? Led by Spencer Herbert it seems the NDP party in B.C. want to give Canada away without first asking Canadians for permission ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTzJWE86go
first nations NDP supported land grab, www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCXocwlZiQc
March 12, 2026 - What NDP Spencer Herbert is trying to do in B.C. was recently defeated in a fellow Province's Highest Court ? New Brunswick's supreme court ruled that Aboriginal Title Cannot Co-Exist with Fee Simple Title,, www.fasken.com/en/knowledge/2026/01/new-brunswick-court-o...
2025 An Election Overturned - Double crossers deny democracy in Canada ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/55228615842
March 09, 2026, Canada’s Bill C-3 "An Act to amend the Citizenship Act" - New Liberal legislation allows Canadian citizenship to be passed down over multiple generations back to as far as caveman days, and this care free attitude means that many millions of unvetted individuals will now be eligible to automatically become Canadian ? www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7120945
March 30, 2026, Millions of Americans now eligible for Canadian citizenship and many are applying ‘just in case’
www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/travel/canadian-citizenship-by-des...
March 14, 2026 - In a completely contrary position to that of Canada, the country of Italy has restricted Italian citizenship for anyone born abroad. Italy has enacted a ruling that tells millions with Italian roots that they have lost the right to their citizenship,
www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/italy-ruling-tells-millions-...
March 12, 2026 - Acadia University reducing staff levels amid ‘financial pressures’? 31 Acadia positions eliminated. University monetary chaos affecting not only the institutions but also the broader economy. Financial difficulties stem from capped international student enrollments, increased costs of high-end employment, and draconian funding cuts by provincial government. These have all led to job cuts, program reductions, and even campus closures. The financial strain on universities is expected to continue, with further announcements of layoffs and program cuts are likely to come soon. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/acadia-univer...
Mar 4th, 2026 - Canada grants $100 million in scholarships for students in India ? This comes on the heels of PM Carney's trip to India.
www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx1VHElLBjsSwpz5-CK3P4SsNdrZmGdelS
feb 25, 2026 - Drastic University cuts implemented in latest Nova Scotia Provincial budget. Tim Houston's PC government is reducing funding for all Universities incl the PhD programs in education at Acadia,
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Grant-R...
February 26, 2026 - Vulnerable hard hit starving Nova Scotia university students who struggle daily with the high cost of living in Nova Scotia prepare for a week-long strike to protest the provincial education cut, the cuts to advanced education grants, and they are demanding tuition reductions and divestment from fossil fuel dollars,
globalnews.ca/video/11708934/n-s-university-students-prep...
March 15, 2026 - Dalhousie University students vote to join the Nova Scotia student strike, www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/dalhousie-uni...
George Orwell's dark prediction has just come true.
London England, Apr 22,2026 - The British Parliament has just enacted legislation to install a form of Orwellian Totalitarian rule into the current democratic English society that allows for the installment of Government social control in the form of mandatory lifetime probationary orders to be placed on certain selected unwary citizens without asking their permission who will then be state monitored from birth to death to insure compliance is met on the legal lifetime probation order that is attached to them ? Rob Cunningham and his Cancer Society are boldly crusading for residents of his democratic home country of Canada to lose their current freedom and be forced into this same type of Orwellian social control system ? www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/uk-agrees-ban-on-cigarette-s...
Dec 13th, 2025 - this could be a bit rich ? The top doctor for Nova Scotia is advertising smoking for the liquor store ? Dr. Robert Strang Chief Medical Officer of Health now appearing in TV ads that endorse the (safe) smoking of pot while he represents the Provincially owned liquor stores ? It's also a bit rich that Rob Cunningham and his Cancer Society don't appear to have a problem with these smoking ads ?
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4190201767960744
May 29th, 2026, Kentville Memorial Park, the ABF Friday night concert, ( Can the good ole days of dollar dogs and bargain Big 8 soda pop be over) ? High level tight security protocol established for an evening of food wagons and kids bouncy castles ? ( must have taken up most of their budget at the sacrifice of bringing in some quality outside live entertainment) ? Town calls in outside police to reinforce the local Kentville police, cordons off the entire ground zero event perimeter with road blocks, street barricades and manned guard check posts to enforce maximum level traffic control that unfortunately makes patrons including seniors, the dysabled, toddlers, and Mothers carrying babies have to park and walk a fair distance to get to the park gates ? Also, in the past years the concert organizers have always brought in special outside guest rock bands, and had featured interesting games, demonstrations and displays, and there was a visit from the Queen Annapolisa Royal party following the prestigious coronation ceremony in Wolfville, However, unfortunately, the concert appears now to have deteriorated into some kind of a Children's outdoor romper room type family show featuring food trucks, inflatable air bouncy castles and a local band as the featured guest star main stage performer ? There's not much to do or see for those exceeding the elementary school level other than to maybe purchase some food from a food truck that charges upscale restaurant prices and then dine on a paper plate using plastic utensils while standing in a crowd of unruly kids and being lustfully observed by some nearby hungry saliva drooling pet dogs leashed to owners ? However, thanks to the heightened security and the manned barricade traffic control there was a report of one parking violator being successfully apprehended and a runaway pet was also captured and returned to its owner ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54558198569/in/photost...
A cultural genocide is going on in Kentville ?
Why always Kentville ? Now it's the library ? First came the loss of the Railway and Day-liner service back in 1989, then Kings council expropriated the local Airport and evicted the many other established aviation schools and businesses, they had tried to take Grand street parade away from Kentville in 2017, and then we lost the famous Cornwallis Inn logo and the 88 yrs old statue in Halifax was torn down, they then terminated Apple Blossom Princess Kentville and ended the 87 consecutive years of the Queen Annapolisa pageant. Kentville lost a massive amount of diversity that had always been provided by the multiple villages that participated in the Festival, as well elimination of the Princess teas, the Coronation, and all of the popular mid-week public outdoor entertainment always normally held at Memorial Park during ABF week ? And now they appear to be after the popular long time Kentville Library ?
After the Town has terminated so many popular sources of public enjoyment while never offering any similar replacement, and as Kentville gradually approaches a cultural ghost town status, it is notable that the downtown business core (in which the Mayor has a major private business interest ) has been totally renovated and restored to pristine condition by way of a complete 100 % makeover beautification program complete with new installations of street paving, street paint, new double sidewalks on both sides, new driveway entrances, new curb and gutter both sides, signage and flower pots ? And all surrounding streets making up this downtown business block have also been totally upgraded including Aberdeen Street (twice), Cornwallis Street and Main Street ?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/annapolis-valley-libra...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/video/2026/06/02/funding-cuts-lea...
May 09, 2026 A cyberattack has hit universities worldwide, including top Canadian schools. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canvas-cyber-attack-canadian-unive...
CBC News · Posted: May 12, 2026 - the boys are falling behind the girls in school. A new Quebec report says boys are systemically disadvantaged in the school system ? The high school dropout rate for boys is 27.1 per cent, while for girls it's 19.9 per cent.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/boys-falling-behind-in-school-9.71...
An ongoing deterioration of the famous Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival in Kentville ? Bring back Eddies Basement to Memorial Park, and 'honey they shrunk the stage' ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/55295377420/in/photost...
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Some relevant main media news clippings,
PWHL - CBC throws its full support behind the new Pro Women's Hockey League with their full media coverage, support, massive blocs of air time, TV advertising, coast to coast live game broadcasts, player bios and a game each week that are complete with hosting and analysis,, "CBC/Radio-Canada is the official broadcaster of the Professional Women's Hockey League". However, CBC has shown a completely different attitude when it comes to supporting or televising pro sporting events played by male gender athletes such as the Grey Cup, the Calgary Stampede, FIFA, Copa America international men's soccer football and men's IIHF World Juniors, and so many Canadians are unable to watch pro athletes like Acadia Axemen footballer Bailey Feltmate in the Grey Cup, or Nova Scotia's Jacob Shaffelburg in the Copa international Men's soccer tournament or Connor Badard in the IIHF World Men's Juniors hockey tournament ?
cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/official-broadcaster-... cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/official-broadcaster-...
CBC doesn't seem eager to televise Men's soccer or Men's CFL pro football on T.V. ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/52512969092/in/album-7...
Jun 11, 2024 - CBC fully behind the new Women's Pro soccer league Halifax Tides. - providing media support and game coverage for the brand new start-up Women's gender Pro soccer league. CBC will broadcast eight regular-season matches. A "Game of the Week" will co-stream simultaneously on CBC Gem and NSL.ca,
www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/cbc-radio-canada-broadcast-agree...
Thanks to CBC, fans will now be able to follow female Acadia University athletes like Mya Harnish, who has just turned Pro . www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54482565652/in/photost...
This year the Canadian Taxpayer will pay out $1.5 billion dollars to subsidize CBC ?
site-cbc.radio-canada.ca/documents/impact-and-accountabil...
Breathtaking salaries at CBC/Radio-Canada ? CBC President and CEO Catherine Tait had a base salary range of $390,300 to $459,100 in 2019 ? Why should someone who is actually a public servant whose salary is paid by taxpayers make more than the Prime Minister of Canada ? tnc.news/2022/01/26/cbc-salaries-include-125-senior-direc...
Apr 04, 2025 - Mark Carney pledges a $150M boost to the 'underfunded' CBC ? And says a new Liberal government will make CBC funding statutory ? Last year CBC received an all time record 1.4 billion in taxpayer funding and their CEO Catherine Tait, made more than the Prime Minister ?
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-cbc-funding-1.7501902
February 20th 2023 Jully " I Sung it My Way" Black makes headlines when changing the lyrics and singing her own personal 'our home on native land' politicized version of the Canadian National anthem at the NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah ?
www.iheartradio.ca/news/jully-black-sings-o-canada-with-s...
Calgary Stampede O Canada - the original "in all thy Sons command" National anthem before they changed it sung at the 2023 Calgary Stampede, www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/53044391089
July 2023 - Katherine Henderson is appointed to take over and thereby become the first female CEO and President of Hockey Canada ,
www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/katherine-henderson-hockey-canad...
No more hockey fighting : This league now plans to ban them dailyhive.com/vancouver/hockey-fights-ban-qmjhl
Skate Canada Dec 13, 2022 - Canada is to totally revolutionize international Sport ? Canadian trail blazers led by President Karen Butcher push to change historic pairs and Ice dancing rules from the traditional separate male and female gender skater roles ?
theprovince.com/sports/other-sports/skate-canada-redefine...
A Federal audit has found that Hockey Canada did not use public funds for legal settlements.
discoverhumboldIcom/articles/federal-audit-finds-hockey-...
NHL moves away from Pride jerseys - advocates are disappointed, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nhl-special-jersey-announcement-re...
Nov 20th, Grey Cup 2022 - Many Canadian households unable to watch Toronto Argos win the 2022 Grey Cup game by a score of 24 to 23 because both CBC/Radio-Canada and Bell media owned CTV did not (and never do) schedule or televise this iconic purely Canadian event for national T. V. viewing ? CBC had instead scheduled an unknown variety show being held in another country for its Grey Cup Sunday night time slot ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/52512969092/in/photost...
CBC quits Twitter when Twitter calls them, "a government-funded media" ?
www.cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-twitter-government-funded-media...
Apr 27th 2023 , Bill C-11 - A controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes law. Bill C-11, which will force streaming platforms to contribute to funding Canadian content. Critics say the bill is too ambiguous, with many issues unresolved.
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/c11-online-streaming-1.6824314
Nov 11th, 2023 - The Liberal Government has ordered the Canadian Military not to recite Christian prayers like the Lord's Prayer on this year's Remembrance Day ceremonies ? No such order has been given to other religious denominations ?
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/gunter-we-will-always-pray-f...
The Grey Cup Nov 19th 2023, Hamilton Canada - Why aren't both of the Canadian major media moguls CTV and CBC broadcasting the 2023 Grey Cup game on T.V. for Canadians to view on Grey Cup Sunday in Canada ?
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Have a very Merry Christmas Canada ? The Canadian Human Rights Commission ( fully funded by the federal Liberal Government) declares that the celebration of Christmas is evidence of Canada’s colonialist religious intolerance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmuDidYTiY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmuDidYTiY
Dec 31 2023 - Question to CBC about this year's Canadian New Years Eve celebrations ? Do they now view New Years Eve as a public holiday that has become inappropriate to celebrate in Canada ? For the first time ever in memory, CBC will not broadcast the traditional New Years Eve 2024 Party, the stage show or the countdown ? CBC says they can't afford it ? www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/other/cbc-to-skip-new-yea...
Bell Canada is a proud Canadian media mogul ? It's time for Super Bowl LVIII in the USA and prior to the big game CTV has been flooding North American airways with Superbowl ads promoting full CTV coverage of the upcoming game in Las Vegas Nevada. They will then broadcast 10 straight hours prime time uninterrupted live T.V. coverage of this American event to Canadians from the United States ? However, on the other hand, back home in their home country of Canada, they don't broadcast anything at all, nothing (zero) blanco, zilch, silencio, not even 1 minute of TV coverage of their own 2024 Canadian Grey Cup game for fellow Canadians to enjoy ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/53523500175/in/datepos...
Bell media placing the citizens of Atlantic Canada in jeopardy wheb choosing cost cutting over public safety ?
Feb 2024 - Halifax Nova Scotia, Bell media and CTV have eliminated many crucial hours needed to report local and community news to Atlantic Canadians ?
Recent Bell Canada Corporate decisions have left many Maritimers in a weakened and vulnerable position ? The East Coast Provinces of Canada appear to be the target of severe Bell media local prime time news cancellations that will leave many Maritimers without their much anticipated daily Noon hour news updates normally broadcast each and everyday during the week ? ATV viewers are now forced to tune into the other station where CBC tends to mainly run international news and only a small choice in the Provincial news, and also many lengthy live news conferences put on by the PM or other members of the Liberal party ?
Aside from terminating all weekday ATV Noon hour news shows, CTV has also downsized in half the very popular and iconic, 'ATV live at five' 5 P.M. local community news program, (prompting long time popular host Jason Baxter to seek early retirement) ? Adding to the devastating loss, Bell has also terminated all weekend Saturday and Sunday local news reports that currently run on ATV ? The cancellation and elimination of so much of the local news normally broadcast in Atlantic Canada will surely threaten the safety and security especially now that there will be a 24 hour local news blackout for 2 full days each and every weekend and as much as 3 consecutive days every holiday long weekend ? And so it seems that arch rival CBC has taken over the major share of prime time live local news programming in the Maritimes ? Meanwhile, Bell is blaming the Liberal Government's new Bill C-18 for having to slash many prime time hours of local and Provincial news coverage in the Maritimes ?
broadcastdialogue.com/most-noon-local-ctv-newscasts-cance...
Halifax, Feb 1st 2024 - Bell Canada blames Liberal Government Bill C-18 for having to slash many hours of critical local and Provincial news coverage in the Maritime area ?
broadcastdialogue.com/most-noon-local-ctv-newscasts-cance...
the Junos 2024, Halifax, Mar 24th - CBC and the new Heritage Minister seem more interested in politics than music ? itsthe4thquarter.blogspot.com/2024/03/junos-2024-halifax-...
Angry Canadian - Canadian juno awards ? where ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNieEg-_d1k
Is this a Stanley Cup cruel joke ? Edmonton, June 2nd, 2024 ? Fans upset after CBC broadcasts the first 5 games of the Men's NHL Dallas vs Oilers series, and then, without warning and for no logical reason, CBC blacked out the critical and most important climactic final game that saw Edmonton win and gain entry into the Stanley Cup finals ? It remains unclear why CBC would do this ? Was it arrogance, or was it to be mean spirited, or was it a gender bias issue due to this being Men's pro hockey, or was it maybe a lesson given out to remind Canadians just who is running this Countries main media and who controls the programming ? www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&rct=j&url=...
The Koncerned Kentvillian must ask, "What Country would ever show sad and upsetting images of itself when playing their National Anthem on the World stage in front of an international audience ?" www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/44424045874/
July 5th, 2024 Jacob Shaffelburg (Pt Williams Nova Scotia) Men's soccer - Unfortunately, CBC doesn't seem to broadcast or sponsor men's soccer and will not televise the Men's Copa soccer tournament ? However, you can still enjoy women's gender soccer on CBC as they will be giving support and full television coverage to the Women's National team and the new Women's pro soccer league and soon to the new Women's pro basketball league ? www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/cbc-radio-canada-broadcast-agree... ? -
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June 29th, 2024 - Bailey Feltmate (Acadia U, Wolfville N.S.) - CBC doesn't appear to support men's football anymore, and so most Canadians won't be able to watch graduating male gender university athletes like Bailey perform in the pros ? However, fans will be able to watch the graduating female gender athletes perform as CBC will provide cross Canada media support and live coverage of the new start-up Women's pro soccer league, and the new Women's pro hockey league, and also the upcoming Women's pro basketball league ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/53855066488/in/datepos...
Jun 11, 2024 - Mya Harnish (Acadia U, Wolfville N.S.) joins the Halifax Tides. CBC is to provide full media support and full coverage for the brand new start-up Women's Pro soccer league. CBC will broadcast eight regular-season matches. A "Game of the Week" will co-stream simultaneously on CBC Gem and NSL.ca,
www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/cbc-radio-canada-broadcast-agree...
Thanks to CBC, fans will now be able to follow female gender University athletes like Mya Harnish after they turn Pro . www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54482565652/in/photost...
2024 Paris Olympics - CBC's Olympic coverage seems to give favor to the female gender athletes when giving full game coverage to female team events but the male gender athletes receive only limited coverage with short clips from their events ?
www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/olympic-games-paris-2024
Jul 25, the 2024 Paris Olympics - CBC airs entire start to finish Women's team soccer games, the Women's beach-ball games, Women's rugby games, Women's basketball games, water polo and more ? Watch CBC live full game coverage of Womems team sports from St-Etienne, France heavy.com/sports/olympics/canada-soccer-bev-priestman-dro...
Grey Cup Nov 17th 2024 - Everyone else is here, but where's CBC ?
Once again this year CBC has distanced itself from a long running popular and nation uniting proud Canadian sports tradition and will not cover or live broadcast the Grey Cup game to Canadians ? However, CBC has instead covered a relatively unknown Women's tennis sports event named after the Battle of Sexes winner and Women in sports advocate Billie Jean King being held overseas ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54147303159/in/album-7...
March 30th Vancouver B.C. - Michael Bublé plugs his own private business products when hosting CBC's 2025 Juno Awards ? Is it appropriate for CBC to allow a salaried MC paid for by the taxpayer to take advantage of the free advertising of his own personal outside businesses ? www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/54607761592/in/album-7...
Is this why Alberta feels left out ? 2025, 26 Calgary Stampede - CBC's refuses to cover the world famous Calgary Stampede ? doesn't T.V. broadcast stampede events including the Parade ? You'll have to subscribe to a specialty channel if you are interested in this famous Canadian standard ? www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/sports/watch-calgary-stam...
July 13th 2025 - Pro Rodeo and chuckwagon fans left out ? CBC Sports programming does not include this years fifty thousand dollar rodeo finals of the world famous Calgary Stampede ?
June 20th, 2026 following the famous firing of Don Cherry a few years back, CBC is now proceeding to cancel the entire NHL Hockey night in Canada show after a 74 year Saturday night run ? Is CBC shifting its focus to women's gender sports ? Does CBC plan to move the current weekly broadcast of Womens's PWHL games on Saturday afternoon to the newly vacated Saturday evening time slot ?
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/cbc-ends-nhl-broadcasts-sh...
May 18th, 2026 - CBC speak with forked tongue ? CBC lures unsuspecting RCMP members into a trap set by First Nations ? Ambushed by the CBC and First Nations, a music video ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvZX06xmslA
2025 Canadian Election - Democracy denied by double crossers ?
www.flickr.com/photos/74039487@N02/55228615842
CBC News · Posted: May 12, 2026 - The boys are falling behind the girls in school. New Quebec report says boys are systemically disadvantaged in the school system ? The high school dropout rate for boys is 27.1 per cent while for girls it's 19.9 per cent.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/boys-falling-behind-in-school-9.71...
6 May 2014 - Forum 2014 Session: The Future of Trade. OECD Headquarters, Paris, France.
Moderator: Shawn Donnan, World Trade Editor, Financial Times
Speakers
- Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, Director-General, World Trade Organization
- James Bacchus, Chair, Commission on Trade and Investment Policy, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, Minister for Climate Change Issues and Associate Minister Foreign Affairs, New
Zealand
- Peter M. Robinson, President and CEO, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
- Tadayuki Nagashima, Executive Vice-President, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
For more information, visit: www.oecd.org/Forum
Photo: OECD/Julien Daniel
Helicopter ride to take me up to the glacier in Alaska.
Noelle Swinbourne
Accredited Paralegal (Law Society of Scotland)
for Pinsent Masons LLP
D: +44 1224 347 118<
Winner – ‘Law Firm of the Year’ at The Lawyer Awards 2018
Winner - 2017 Property Team of the Year - British Legal Awards
hull and superstructure nearly complete
Should I completely cover with tiles? -> I will give it a serious consideration...
Pinsent Masons presence on a glacier with husky dogs. (My summer holiday this year).
Noelle Swinbourne
Accredited Paralegal (Law Society of Scotland)
for Pinsent Masons LLP
D: +44 1224 347 118<
Winner – ‘Law Firm of the Year’ at The Lawyer Awards 2018
Winner - 2017 Property Team of the Year - British Legal Awards
Dr. Herman N. Uhley (1926-2012) made this pacemaker from spare parts including tubes from a Sylvania television set for a total cost of $25.00. It was put into service when a 68-year-old male patient at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, California, would no longer respond to heart medication.
Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History
One of the windows of the south aisle depicting the Latin Doctors of the Church. Thee strong sunlight on this side combined with the external metalwork it thus accentuated made getting successful shots of these windows virtually impossible.
St Mary's at Fairford is justly famous, not only as a most beautiful building architecturally but for the survival of its complete set of late medieval stained glass windows, a unique survival in an English parish church. No other church has resisted the waves of iconoclasm unleashed by the Reformation and the English Civil War like Fairford has, and as a result we can experience a pre-Reformation iconographic scheme in glass in its entirety. At most churches one is lucky to find mere fragments of the original glazing and even one complete window is an exceptional survival, thus a full set of 28 of them here in a more or less intact state makes Fairford church uniquely precious.
The exterior already promises great things, this is a handsome late 15th century building entirely rebuilt in Perpendicular style and dedicated in 1497. The benefactor was lord of the manor John Tame, a wealthy wool merchant whose son Edmund later continued the family's legacy in donating the glass. The central tower is adorned with much carving including strange figures guarding the corners and a rather archaic looking relief of Christ on the western side. The nave is crowned by a fine clerestorey whilst the aisles below form a gallery of large windows that seem to embrace the entire building without structural interruption aside from the south porch and the chancel projecting at the east end. All around are pinnacles, battlements and gargoyles, the effect is very rich and imposing for a village church.
One enters through the fan-vaulted porch and is initially met by subdued lighting within that takes a moment to adjust to but can immediately appreciate the elegant arcades and the rich glowing colours of the windows. The interior is spacious but the view east is interrupted by the tower whose panelled walls and arches frame only a glimpse of the chancel beyond. The glass was inserted between 1500-1517 and shows marked Renaissance influence, being the work of Flemish glaziers (based in Southwark) under the direction of the King's glazier Barnard Flower. The quality is thus of the highest available and suggests the Tame family had connections at court to secure such glaziers.
Entering the nave one is immediately confronted with the largest and most famous window in the church, the west window with its glorious Last Judgement, best known for its lurid depiction of the horrors of Hell with exotic demons dragging the damned to their doom. Sadly the three windows in the west wall suffered serious storm damage in 1703 and the Last Judgement suffered further during an 1860 restoration that copied rather than restored the glass in its upper half. The nave clerestories contain an intriguing scheme further emphasising the battle of Good versus Evil with a gallery of saintly figures on the south side balanced by a 'rogue's gallery' of persecutors of the faith on the darker north side, above which are fabulous demonic figures leering from the traceries.
The aisle windows form further arrays of figures in canopies with the Evangelists and prophets on the north side and the Apostles and Doctors of the Church on the south. The more narrative windows are mainly located in the eastern half of the church, starting in the north chapel with an Old Testament themed window followed by more on the life of Mary and infancy of Christ. The subject matter is usually confined to one light or a pair of them, so multiple scenes can be portrayed within a single window. The scheme continues in the east window of the chancel with its scenes of the Passion of Christ in the lower register culminating in his crucifixion above, while a smaller window to the south shows his entombment and the harrowing of Hell. The cycle continues in the south chapel where the east window shows scenes of Christ's resurrection and transfiguration whilst two further windows relate further incidents culminating in Pentecost. The final window in the sequence however is of course the Last Judgement at the west end.
The glass has been greatly valued and protected over the centuries from the ravages of history, being removed for protection during the Civil War and World War II. The windows underwent a complete conservation between 1988-2010 by the Barley Studio of York which bravely restored legibility to the windows by sensitive releading and recreating missing pieces with new work (previously these had been filled with plain glass which drew the eye and disturbed the balance of light). The most dramatic intervention was the re-ordering of the westernmost windows of the nave aisles which had been partially filled with jumbled fragments following the storm damage of 1703 but have now been returned to something closer to their original state.
It is important here not to neglect the church's other features since the glass dominates its reputation so much. The chancel also retains its original late medieval woodwork with a fine set of delicate screens dividing it from the chapels either side along with a lovely set of stalls with carved misericords. The tomb of the founder John Tame and his wife can be seen on the north side of the sanctuary with their brasses atop a tomb chest. Throughout the church a fine series of carved angel corbels supports the old oak roofs.
Fairford church is a national treasure and shouldn't be missed by anyone with a love of stained glass and medieval art. It is normally kept open for visitors and deserves more of them.
This isn't exactly the National Ignition Facility, but still there was a sense of danger in looking at the business end of a laser through a 10x microscope. Fortunately for my eyes the laser was unplugged.
After many years of service, my Sony external DVD writer is having trouble reading DVDs, even ones it wrote.
So I opened it up on the off chance that I might revive it by evicting a dust bunny or two. Nope, no dust bunnies here - it was surprisingly clean inside.
I gave it some gentle blasts from a compressed air can, and wiped the lens surface with a microfiber cloth.
It survived my ministrations, but I don't know yet if it reads any more reliably.
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The external iSight's ¼-inch colour CCD sensor has 640×480-pixel VGA resolution, with a custom-designed three-part F/2.8 lens with two aspherical elements. It features autoexposure, autofocusing from 50 mm to infinity, and video capture at 30 frames per second in 24-bit colour with a variety of shutter speeds. However, the iSight has an image delay of approximately 120 ms.
This is a photograph of the 34th Airtricity sponsored Dublin City Marathon which was held in Dublin, Ireland on Bank Holiday Monday 28th October 2013 at 09:00. There was dry but very blustery conditions for the runners over the famous Dublin Marathon course which seen over 14,000 people participating in the event making it a record participation at the event. Please see the extensive set of links below for more details about the race itself.
This is part of a larger set of photographs available on our Flickr photostream which is available here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157637013735556/].
Photographs were taken at the start of all three waves, near the finish line from the winner to 2:43 finish time, and then some photographs at the 25.5 mile mark of approximately 3:40 finish time participants.
Athlete Tracking and Timing are provided by www.tdl.ltd.uk/race-results.php
These are completely unofficial photographs of the event: Please see the official website dublinmarathon.ie/ for details of the official authorised distributor of race-day photographs. Our photographs are taken on a completely non-commercial basis and are not for sale.
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Some Useful Links Associated with this Race Event
The Dublin Marathon Official Web Homepage: dublinmarathon.ie/
The Dublin Marathon Official Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/dublinmarathon?fref=ts (Requires Facebook Logon)
The Dublin Marathon Official Twitter Feed: twitter.com/dublinmarathon
Boards.ie Athletics Forum Discussion Pages on the Dublin Marathon 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056896382
Racepix.com where you are likely to find links to many different photographers' photographs from Dublin Marathon 2013: www.racepix.com/Dublin-Marathon-2013/pictures/1024/
A PDF Document containing the Dublin Marathon 2013 Route: dublinmarathon.ie/s/AT-DM13-ROUTE-MAP.pdf
An unofficial GPS Garmin Trace of the Route from 2012 (same for 2013) connect.garmin.com/activity/243433212
For runners based in the Province of Munster the well known running blog munsterrunning.blogspot.ie/ might have some links to pictures and videos from 2013
William Murphy's Dublin Marathon 2012 Photographs on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/sets/72157631881471894/
William Murphy's Flickr Sets: www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/sets/
Pixels Promotions on Facebook have an extensive set of Dublin Marathon 2013 Photographs: www.facebook.com/Pixelspromotions?fref=ts
Action Photography will have photographs available from the Dublin Marathon 2013: www.actionphotography.ie/
Boards.ie Athletics Forum - Dublin Marathon Novices Thread 2013: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056913937
Dublin Marathon 2013 Race Results will Appear Here: www.tdl.ltd.uk/race-results.php
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631880879021/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157628021593264/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625240675108/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157622543521201/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2008: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157608459477451/
Our Flickr Set from the Dublin City Marathon 2007: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157602802514024/
Please note: These links are provided for information purposes. Some of these links might become obselete or dead links as time passess. We cannot be responsible for the content on these external websites. All websites were checked before posting here to ensure that they 'did what they said on the tin'.
Can I use these photographs directly from Flickr on my social media account?
Yes - of course you can. Flickr provides several ways to share this and other photographs in this Flickr set. You can share to: email, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and Wordpress and Blogger blog sites. Your mobile device will also offer you several different options for sharing this photo page on your social media outlets.
How can I get full resolution copies of these photographs?
To prevent missue of these photographs there is a watermark embedded into the images. All of the photographs posted here on this Flickr set are available free, at no cost, at full image resolution without the watermark. We take these photographs as a hobby and as a contribution to the running community in Ireland. Our only "cost" is our request that if you are using these images without the watermark: (1) on social media sites such as Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter,LinkedIn, Google+, etc or (2) other websites, blogs, web multimedia, commercial/promotional material that you must provide a link back to our Flickr page to attribute us.
This also extends the use of these images for Facebook profile pictures. In these cases please make a separate wall or blog post with a link to our Flickr page. If you do not know how this should be done for Facebook or other social media please email us and we will be happy to help suggest how to link to us.
Please email petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com with the links to the photographs you would like to obtain a full resolution copy of. We also ask race organisers, media, etc to ask for permission before use of our images for flyers, posters, etc. We reserve the right to refuse a request.
In summary please remember when requesting photographs from us - all we ask is for you to provide a link back to our Flickr set or Flickr pages. You will find the link above clearly outlined in the description text which accompanies this photograph. Taking these photographs and preparing them for online posting does take a significant effort. We are not posting photographs to Flickr for commercial reasons. If you really like what we do please spread the link around your social media, send us an email, leave a comment beside the photographs, send us a Flickr email, etc.
If you would like to contribute something for your photograph(s)?
Many people offer payment for our photographs. As stated above we do not charge for these photographs. We take these photographs as our contribution to the running community in Ireland. If you feel that the photograph(s) you request are good enough that you would consider paying for their purchase from other photographic providers we would suggest that you can provide a donation to any of the great charities in Ireland who do work for Cancer Care or Cancer Research in Ireland.
I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
Don't like your photograph here?
That's OK! We understand!
If, for any reason, you are not happy or comfortable with your picture appearing here in this photoset on Flickr then please email us at petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com and we will remove it as soon as possible. We give careful consideration to each photograph before uploading.
I want to tell people about these great photographs!
Great! Thank you! The best link to spread the word around is probably www.flickr.com/peterm7/sets
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These scans come from my rather large magazine collection. Instead of filling my house with old moldy magazines, I scanned them (in most cases, photographed them) and filled a storage area with moldy magazines. Now they reside on an external harddrive. I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history.
Please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts or impressions... Thanks in advance!
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Music, Meditation Drums and Japanese Temple, by Columbia Nature Sound Project,
Talking Drums, Bikram Ghosh
Costumes, Kim Instenes
Light Design, William Newcomb
Performers
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Orbiter Processing Facility, from left, United Space Alliance workers Loyd Turner, Craig Meyer and Erik Visser conduct a fit check of an External Tank (ET) digital still camera in the right-hand liquid oxygen umbilical well on Space Shuttle Atlantis. NASA is pursuing use of the camera, beginning with the Shuttles Return To Flight, to obtain and downlink high-resolution images of the ET following separation of the ET from the orbiter after launch. The Kodak camera will record 24 images, at one frame per 1.5 seconds, on a flash memory card. After orbital insertion, the crew will transfer the images from the memory card to a laptop computer. The files will then be downloaded through the Ku-band system to the Mission Control Center in Houston for analysis. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum